Walmart has applied for a permit to begin work on Hayden Meadows store in Portland.

The permit, for the property located at 1123 N. Hayden Meadows Drive, calls for demolishing to existing retail buildings and erecting a 90,000-square-foot store that will include a grocery department. That's smaller than the chain's supercenters, which average about 150,000 square feet.

Generally, Wal-mart is looking to increase its store count in the metro area, where it has far fewer locations than its national average. For instance, the retailer says, it averages one store for every 85,000 residents nationwide. In the metro area, that number is closer to one for every 415,000.